Washington Redskins outcome correlates with election winners

[maddezmom]

ASHBURN, Va. Forget the polls and pundits. The outcome of this year's presidential election may hinge on a little pigskin.

If tradition holds, the next occupant of the White House will be decided today as the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Redskins square off.

Since 1936, the outcome of the Redskins' last home game before the election has correctly predicted the winner of the election.

It goes like this: Every time the Redskins have won, the incumbent party has also won. Likewise, every Washington loss has been matched by a victory by the challenging party.

more:
http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=2502449

for the superstitious like me, here's a thread in the lounge with updates. :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=1912535&mesg_id=1912535

[mirandaod]

1. 3rd quarter - 20-7 GB

Last time I checked.

[PartyPooper]

2. So do presidents with one syllable names: Ford, Bush, et. al.

Those with one syllable names only have a SINGLE term presidency. Go figure!

:D

[LiberalFighter]

54. Don't forget Adams... father and son only one term

[ProgressiveDave]

62. what about Grant?

One syllable, Two terms...go figure.

[Tuttle]

3. Can anyone tell me what happened in 2000?

Most of these "placemat polls" had Bush as the winner four years ago - we all know what happened then. I believe the Redskins lost this game in 2000.

Tut-tut

[mirandaod]

5. I can't remember who won the game

but I think this Redskins thing only works for incumbant presidents. The legend is - if the Redskins win the last homegame before the election, the incumbant stays in office. The mojo wouldn't have worked in 2000.

[Virginian]

8. Redskins lost in 2K

The legend is - if the Redskins win the last homegame before the election, the incumbant PARTY stays in office.

[mirandaod]

11. OK. I got it now.

So it did work in 2000, then.

[KC21304]

4. Doesn't matter. Supreme Court already called game for Redskins.

Packers 20 Skins 7 with 11 min to go in game.

[maddezmom]

6. perhaps this is why Condi want to be the NFL Commissioner???

:shrug:

[LiberalFighter]

55. So Redskins wouldn't have any home games before Election?

[beyurslf]

7. 4thQ well under 9 mins left and we are up 20-7

[wryter2000]

9. Thanks

The game isn't on here. I count on DU for updates.

[Tuttle]

16. follow here

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/live/[e-mail]

dynamic updates - near real-time

Tut-tut

[Tuttle]

19. interception

Green bay has the ball

Tut-tut

[Tuttle]

26. Green Bay touchdown!

26-14

Tut-tut

[maddezmom]

29. YEAHHHHHHEOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

:bounce:

[Tuttle]

30. Who'd have thought we'd be watching football

in a political forum on computers?

Tut-tut

[maddezmom]

33. I'm not even watching, even though I get it on Direct TV

too nervous!!! Thanks for the updates. :)

[Shadder]

10. 20 - 14, 4:40 left

nt

[Shadder]

12. 3:51

GB Ball, 2nd & 10 on W 38

[Shadder]

14. 3:05

1-10-GB 45 (3:05) M.Brunell pass to C.Cooley to GB 43 for 2 yards (B.Jue).

[Shadder]

15. 2:49

Timeout, Washington

[Shadder]

18. 2:43

3-8-GB 43 (2:43) M.Brunell pass to C.Portis for 43 yards, TOUCHDOWN NULLIFIED by Penalty. PENALTY on WAS, Illegal Motion, 5 yards, enforced at GB 43 - No Play.

[Shadder]

20. 2:25

[Shadder]

21. 2:00

GB ball on W 19, 1st @10

[maddezmom]

22. thanks for the update.....

[Shadder]

24. 1:48

[Shadder]

25. 26-14!!!!!!!!

[maddezmom]

13. crap

that's a lot of time left

[mirandaod]

17. Too close for comfort.

HOLD 'EM RIGHT THERE, GB!

[TahitiNut]

23. Go Pack!

(Not to be confused with Newt's slush fund.)

[antonialee839]

27. Touchdown GB

[Tuttle]

28. GB 28 -- WAS 14

Tut-tut

[Tuttle]

34. it's over

no way can any team recover from this deficit

Tut-tut

[KennedyGuy]

31. Almost had a heart attack for a minute there

Saw a touchdown and thought it was Wash.

[goodboy]

32. Is it over??? nt

[Mortos]

36. It's over BABY!

Washington loses. Green Bay wins. Bush loses.

KERRY WINS IN A LANDSLIDE BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[goodboy]

41. WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO (nt)

[Tuttle]

37. It is over

28 - 14 Final

How many NASCAR dads are now resigned to a Kerry White House?

Tut-tut

[goodboy]

40. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! (nt)

[Virginian]

35. SKINS LOSE

[maddezmom]

39. DEMS WIN!!!!!

[mirandaod]

38. woooooooo-hooooooo!!!!

We won! We won! Green Bay beat the Redskins!
Kerry's in!!!
OMG, I'm SO happy!

[BenDavid]

42. KERRY WINS!

277 ELECTORAL VOTES

[maddezmom]

43. practicing for Nov 2nd???

I love it....Kerry Wins!!!!! :)

[AlinPA]

44. Sounds like all we need now is a good turnout!

[HulkamaniacUM]

45. PACKERS WIN!!!

Never EVER count the Green Bay Packers out, baby!

Brett Favre threw for nearly 300 yards and Ahman Green had two touchdowns as my beloved Packers rolled past the Washington Redskins 28-14.

Go Pack! Go Kerry! Go back to Texas, Bush!

[AusTexDem]

46. Before the game talk of this was all over the "news". Now...

nothing.

[maddezmom]

47. AFP link: Redskins' loss points to Bush departure

Redskins' loss points to Bush departure
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Washington Redskins lost to the Green Pay Packers and thus, according to a sporting legend that has proved eerily accurate, President George W. Bush (news - web sites) is bound to lose the White House.


The polls may show Bush and his Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) locked in a dead heat ahead of Tuesday's presidential election, but for those with a taste for omens and superstition, the race was over when the whistle blew on the Redskins' 28-14 defeat.


Since 1936, when the Redskins' franchise moved from Boston to Washington, the American football team's pre-election performance at home has predicted the presidential winner.


The legend surrounding the Redskins' last home game before Election Day is simplicity itself: If they win, the White House incumbent will remain president. If they lose, the incumbent loses.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&ncid=696&e=1&u=/afp/20041031/pl_afp/us_vote_myths

[crossroads]

48. Just par for the course, we're used to it..lol! Welcome to DU AusTexDem

:hi:

Go Kerry!!!

:dem: :bounce:

[Dulcinea]

61. "NFL Prime Time" on ESPN mentioned it.

mw

[callous taoboy]

49. I've just become a football fan!

This is excellent!

[Democat]

50. If Bush's team had one this would be a top news story!

The media is ignorning it now because Kerry's team won.

That damn "liberal media" again.

[Longhorn]

51. Yahoo (AP) has the story:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041031/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_redskins___poliltics

[maddezmom]

53. Headline: Redskins Loss - Bad News for Bush, Great for Kerry

:)

[NashVegas]

63. Geez, What a Fool!

"Oh, yeah, he's going to win. It's guaranteed," said Packers safety Darren Sharper, a Kerry supporter. "I don't have to vote now. Don't even have to go to the polls. Saved me a trip on Tuesday."

What, does this guy think the votes are pulled out of thin air?

[democracyindanger]

74. C'mon

It's nice to have a little love from an NFL player. First time this year that I know of a player identified himself as a Kerry backer.

[StupidFOX]

52. Freepers already making excuses

Ah, how the tide dost turn. ;)

[louis-t]

58. Was it Clinton's fault?

[Walt Starr]

60. Actually, they did try to blame it on Clinton!

I kid you not! I read the thread. Seems the Skins lost the Sunday before the '96 election.

Unfortunately for their theory, that was an away game and the tradition is all about the last home game for the skins prior to the election.

[symphony]

56. Go Redskins

Go Kerry :yourock:

[bvar22]

57. Republican lurkers:

Game Over! bush* is toast. Don't bother to vote. Do yourself a favor and just sleep late on Tuesday.

[tomlu8]

59. Way to go Packers

The omens and portents are stacked against Bush
Indian Astrologers have predicted a Kerry win because Bush's planet (Saturn) is behind the sun.
The tea leaves have not looked good for team Bush.
Red Sox have beat the curse of the Bambino
Now the Packers have beaten the Redskins on their own turf the weekend before the election.

I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER

Then again I am a Packer fan...
but also a bigtime democrat.

[Chimpanzee]

64. dON'TKNOW IDF THIS WAS MENTIONED YET

If the redskins win the incumbent always wins

But if the redskins lose does the incumbent ALWAYS LOSE???

Two different things in my mind.

[Chimpanzee]

65. Damn my typing is especially shitty tonnight and i'm

not all that much in the bag yet - hell ihave togo to work early manana (tilde excluded)

[Tuttle]

66. Read this:

http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/election.asp

They go so far as to say "TRUE" -- the outcome of the game has ALWAYS matched the party control of the White House.

And if you can't believe someone on the internet, who can you trust?

Tut-tut

[AngryLizard]

67. If the redskins lose, the incumbent PARTY always loses

If the redskins win, the incumbent party always wins. Always. It's freakin' bizarre

[George_Bonanza]

68. Hey, the incumbent party won in 2000!

[AngryLizard]

69. Yeah, but not technically

That's what I thought, too. And then I crossed myself, turned around three times and threw salt over my left shoulder.

[maddezmom]

70. was "selected" by SCOTUS not Elected

[fujiyama]

71. And the cheese state is what will determine this election

Wisconsin is everything.

[truebluecollar]

72. Way to go Green Bay

Fuck the Skins, Cowboys, NYGiants, Rams and Raiders
GO NINERS!!!!

oh yeah, fuck the Bears too.

[Chimpanzee]

73. OK then i'm going to go sleep like

a little baby in the fetal position. I hope my g/f doesn't mind if I get thirsty in the middle of the night - poor widdle baby boy.O8)